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Lock Haven's founder, Jeremiah Church, and his brother, Willard, chose the town site in 1833 partly because of the river, the creek, and the canal. Church named the town Lock Haven because it had a canal lock and because it was a haven for loggers, boatmen, and other travelers. Over the next quarter century, canal boats 12 feet (4 m) wide and ...
The Water Street District, a large part of downtown Lock Haven in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is a historic district added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1973. The district includes the city's entire central business district as well as many homes and churches constructed in the 19th century, especially during the ...
PA 664 begins at PA 120 in Lock Haven. PA 664 begins at an intersection with PA 120 in the city of Lock Haven. The highway progresses northward, leaving the city limits of Lock Haven. After the intersection with East Water Street, PA 664 crosses the West Branch Susquehanna River. The bridge over the branch of river was constructed in 1986. [2]
PA 144 south (Birch Street) – Moshannon: Eastern end of PA 144 concurrency: Lock Haven: 103.073: 165.880: PA 664 north (North Jay Street) / East Water Street – Swissdale: Southern terminus of PA 664: 103.148: 166.001: PA 150 south (East Main Street) – Lock Haven University: One-way pair on PA 150: 103.224: 166.123: PA 150 north (East ...
PA 550 splits from PA 150 by heading east on West High Street, and PA 150 continues through more commercial areas along the east bank of Spring Creek on North Water Street. The route comes to an intersection with PA 144, where that route turns north to join PA 150, with the road heading north into areas of homes and businesses. PA 144/PA 150 ...
The Lock Haven Dam (also known as the Dunnstown Dam), was built in the 19th century primarily to provide water to the West Branch Canal. [8] Canal boats crossed the pool behind the dam using a cable ferry between Lock No. 35 on the Lock Haven (Bald Eagle Crosscut Canal) side of the river and Lock No. 34 on the Lockport (West Branch Canal) side ...
PA 150 north (North Water Street) – Milesburg, Lock Haven: Eastern terminus of PA 150 overlap: 30.9: 49.7: PA 144 north (North Allegheny Street) Northern terminus of PA 144 overlap: 31.0: 49.9: PA 144 south (West Bishop Street) Southern terminus of PA 144 overlap: Spring Township: 32.9: 52.9: I-99 / US 220 / PA 26 to I-80 – State College ...
Pennsylvania Route 64 (PA 64) is a 21.3-mile-long (34.3 km) north–south state route located in central Pennsylvania. At its southern terminus in Spring Township , PA 64 continues north from where Pennsylvania Route 26 turns to join Interstate 99 and U.S. Route 220 .